4-
She
ITALIAN
TROOPS
WITHDRAWN
FROM
4
AUSTRIAN
BORDER
4
ROME,
Aug.
17:
-Premier
4
Benito
Mussolini
yesterday
or-
4
dered
the
withdrawal
from
the
Austrian
border
of
53.000
Ital-
4
ian
troops
which
have
been
.
posted
on
the
frontier
since
the
recent
Nazi
uprising
In
Austria.
ROOSEVELT
.
AND
BANKS
Appoints
Laison
Officer
Betwee
Himself
and
Financial
Men
Of
Country
WASHINOTON.
DO..
Aug
17:-
Presldent
Franklin
D.
Roosevel'
7esterday
announced
the
appoint
nent
of
George
8.
Black!
who
ha
estgned
as
governor
of
the
Federa
Reserve
Bank
to
accept
i
the
ne-
xwt.
as
lalson
officer
between
him
elf
and
the
bankers
of
the
country
The
move
Is
believed
to
be
In
tin
lirectlon
of
the
chief
executive
a
mmlng
more
personal
control
ov
the
banktne
structure
of
the
na
Uon.
.
.
TRANSFER
CONVICTS
'orty
Incorrigibles
Arrive
at
New
"Devil's
Island"
in
San
Francisco
Bay
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Aug.
17:
The
Ilrst
forty
convicts
for
the
new
'Devil's
Island"
prison
for
Incor-igibles
in
San
Francisco
Bay
were
ielivered
to
the
insUtuUon
yester-
ay.
The
transfer
of
the
prisoners
vas
made
quleUy
and
the
public
lad
no
information
regarding
it
nUl
after
it
had
been
successfully
xcomplished.
Frank
Lyons
Of
Vancouver
Dies
Well
Known
Criminal
Lawyer
of
Southern
City
Passed
Away
Yesterday
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
17:
Frank
J
Lyons,
for
many
years
a
prominent
criminal
lawyer
here
and
In
his
younger
days
a
noted
athlete
in
his
native
New
Zealand,
passed
away
here
yesterday.
President
of
Cold
Storage
is
Visitor
F.
Perry
of
Montreal,
president
of
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Stor
age
Co-
la
paying
his
annual
visit
ot
inspection
to
the
company's
lo
cal
plant,
having
arrived
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
Vancouver.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
Alkl,
12,500,
Cold
Storage.
5.4c
and
4c.
VJWave.
13,000,
Cold
Storage,
Clc
and
4c.
Canadian
Cape
Spencer,
19,000,
Edmunds
it
Walker,
5c
and
4.3c.
Lysekll,
33,000,
Cold
Storage,
5.4c
and
5.1c
Signal,
20,000.
AUln,
C.3c
and
5c.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
mmm
jlupfrt-
Part
cloudy,
light
High
6:37
am,
14.7
ft,
pi
wind,
barometer.
3030;
18:36
pm
183
It.
wc
to
Low
0:27
ajn.
6.6
ft.
64.
sea
smooth.
12:10
ft.
9.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
POJPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
17,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
(MaMRITAIN
NOW
shipping
silver
KIDNAPPED
ONTARIO
BREWER
HOME
WITHOUT
RANSOM
largest
Consignment
Of
White
Metal
Sent
From
Old
Land
Today
...
i
fri..
i
Liner
nasninKion
iah.es
ruur
$6,100,000
From
bouthampton
to
;ew
lorkI'ur-pose
of
Export
is
Not
Explained
v.
T
HAMPTON,
Poland,
Aug.
17:
(CP)
Four
-m
or
twelve
thousand
liars
of
silver,
the
largest
.rft..!
r
merit
of
the
white
metal
ever
to
leave
this.coun-
"dipped
to
New
York
today
aboaid
the
liner
L
n.
It
was
valued
at
6,100,000.
No
details
were
s
the
purpose
of
the
shipment
but
it
is
supposed
..
the
move
of
the
United
States
in
nationalizing
REGULATING
FISHERIES
Iriff
Conservation
Measures
it
Be
Invoked
If
Industry
Ii
To
Be
Preserved
Limit
Skeena
tnrt
Of
rr
W.
A.
And
Lucr
Orser.s
Of
Blo'ofical
Board
Interesting
Document
Auu
17
'CP
-
ci.
n
or
Brunt
coi-
Fnbrtw
U
necr-j
'ion
in
the
future
M
nv
a
wanting
on
W
A
and
Lucy
;
'h
Pacific
Biological
'a'
nhno
tbrowcto
the
nf
tie
British
Col-,
-.."loner
of
Ftohertu
'na
River.
It
U
mtg-
te
llrnttatton
ahold
1
;u
yean
if
produetton
-ned
The
atUnUon
t
the
Kaas
Rrver
.ite
action
if
the
be
Improved.
Riven
,
-i"
satisfactory
than
,
i
prospects
arc
for
i
year
and
next.
NEW
BISHOP
OF
VICTORIA
rther
John
S.
Mardonald
of
Nova
Scotia
to
Tlkl
rhrr
nf
H-
C.
Diocese
'jANDOLFO.
Italy.
Aug.
r
pe
Pius
XIII
yesterday
tier
John
B.
Macdonald
t
A
M-
parish
priest
at
us
Bishop
of
Victoria.
Bishop
Oerald
M
Mur-v-ii
recenUy
transferred
'5
Cjs
Seattle
Potlach
Is
Being
Resumed
Annual
Affair.
Wore
War,
to
be
Held
Again
Aug
17:
-Seattle
Is
tari
'
f
Ij.L
resuming
....
iU
annual
pot
'
iriirinnM
-.
s
i
been
'5'Pcndcd
since
hofnr-
thi.
,
f.
c
oeiore
me
war
mfte
piace
on
murs
''rT
ni
t
Week.
Edeur
T.
W.Wcr
'
8
t,f
the
.
potlach
in
loii
nrf
J
n
insuran...
.1
V
.
has
been
,.V
1
,n
JU)S
Angcies,
tvenf
tnis
years
n
i
i
m
ir..i
i
nunurcu
urns
uiucu
ai
of
20.
his
LABATT
IS
RETURNED
Kidnapped
Ontario
Brewer
De-lltered
Safely
Today
to
Hotel
In
Toronto
TORONTO,
Aug.
17:
John
S.
Labatt,
wealthy
brewer
and
sportsman
of
London,
Ont
who
was
kidnapped
on
Tuesday
while
driving
from
his
summer
home
near
Simla
to
his
office
in
London,
was
safe
In
the
Royal
York
Hotel
here
at
5:30
o'clock
this
mornint.
Labatt
was
released
on
the
outskirts
of
Toronto
by
his
abductors
sixty-six
hours
after
he
had
been
kidnapped.
The
kidnappers
had
apparently
become
frithtened
of
the
pol'ee
closing
in
on
them.
It
was
stated
that
the
$
ISO.
000
ransom
money
had
not
been
paid.
Labatt
was
in
nervous
condition
and,
after
a
brief
rest
In
the
hotel,
was
driven
by
auto
to
his
home
In
London
where
he
Is
now
resting.
details
or
CASE
Aitnrnrv
Central
Roebuck
is
sued
a
statement
this
morning
giving
wmr
details
of
the
case.
Labatt
was
driven
around
for
about
five
hours
before
he
was
released
by
three
or
four
men.
He
had
been
continuously
blind,
folded
ever
since
he
was
kidnapped.
Labatt
said
he
estimated
he
was
driven
for
twelve
hours
on
the
day
of
the
kidnapping
but
he
did
not
know
where
he
was
kept.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
OTTAWA.
Aug.
17:
The
Cana
Han
gold
price
yesterday
was
$3422
per
ounce,
up
seven
cents
from
the
day
previous.
albi:rt.
rlclivls
$100,000
MONTHLY
t
FOR
DIRECT
RELIEF
I-
OTTAWA,
Aug.
17:
-
The
V
province
of
Alberta
will
receive
tinnnnn
ner
month
from
Ot-
4
-
4-
tawa
under
the
new
lump
sum
4
-
s.
Air
reiiof
arrancemeni,
it
4-
was
announced
by
the
federal
4
government
yesterday
and.
in
4
.J.J.I-..
...in
t
a
Inan
of
$1.-
4
T
AU1UIIUI1.
"
8
'
4-
000.000.
Terms
of
new
flnan-
clal
arrangemenU
with
Brl-
tlsh
Columbia
had
not
been
announced
up
to
last
night.
4
X
4-
4
PASSING
OF
BARRISTER
Theodore
Alexander
Hunt
K.C,
r-
Former
Winnipeg
City
Solicitor,
Dies
WINNIPEG.
Aug.
17:
Theodore
Alexander
Hunt
K.C,
B.A.,
former
city
toKcttor
of
Winnipeg,
passed
away
yesterday
in
his
sixty-third
year.
He
had
practised
law
In
Manitoba
for
34
years
and
was
a
well
known
and
prominent
member
the
legal
fraternity.
Born
in
Delaware
Township
Middlesex
County.
Ontario.
August
1871.
the
late
Mr.
Hunt
received
public
school
education
at
Tal-botrtlie
and
attended
University
of
Toronto
and
Osgoode
Hail.
He
war
called
to
the
Ontario
bar
and
com
menced
practice
In
1898,
moving
two
years
later
to
Manitoba.
He
Joined
the
legal
department
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
on
ar
rival
here
and
later
became
a
part
ner
in
the
legal
firm
of
Aiken.
Rob
son.
Hunt
and
Sparling
prior
to
joining
Howell
Mathers.
Howell
A.
Hunt
In
1905.
He
became
city
soli
cltor
of
Winnipeg
in
1905
and
was
appointed
counsel
to
the
Corpora
Uon
of
the
City
of
Winnipeg
In
1913
the
same
year
that
he
was
created
i
t
KlngVCounsel.
Mr.
Hunt
married
Edith
Clara
Harmer
of
Toronto
in
1901
and.
besides
his
widow,
is
survived
by
three
daughters.
He
was
a
ConservaUve
in
politics
and
belonged
to
the
United
Church.
Aided
in
Laying
Atlantic
Cable
William
Groves,
Aged
87.
Passer
Away
at
Peardonville
in
Fraser
Valley
VANCOUVER.
Aug
17:-WlIUam
Groves,
aged
87,
who
assisted
in
the
laying
of
the
first
cable
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
many
years
ago.
died
at
his
home
at
Peardonville.
a
farming
community
In
the
Fraser
Valley,
yesterday.
Magistrates
In
Ontario
Being
Cut
Away
Down
TORONTO.
Aug
17:
-The
new
Liberal
government
of
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn
Is
reducing
the
number
of
sUpendiary
magistrates
In
Ontario
from
147
to
48,
It
was
announced
yesterday.
Once
Wealthy
Designer
Is
Now
on
Dole
PARIS.
Aug.
17
-Paul
Pulre.
the
once
famous
fashion
designer
and
;at
one
xmc
rated
to
be
multl-
j
mimona(re
u
now
Uving
on
a
dole
of
.
70c
p.r
day
in
this
city.
He
lost
j.
-,
f,,
rrnsh
of
1929.
1
w
Passenger
Agent
In
Vancouver
Is
i
Dead
at
17
Years
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
17:-Dundas
S.
Dewar,
aged
47.
travelling
pjt
seneer
ancnt
for
the
Canadian
Na
'
tlonal
Railways
here,
Is
dead
after
a
six
weeks'
uiness.
3.M.S.
DANAE
DUE
TODAY!
British
Light
Cruiser
to
Reach
Port
From
Juneau
at
4:30
This
Afternoon
'
mts.
h.
m.
s
Danae
of
the
West
in
jidies
stauon
of
the
Royal
Navy
is
ue
to
arirve
in
Prince
Rupert
Har-
or
at
4:30
this
afternoon
for
a
visit
,-hich
will
exUnd
until
Thursday
of
TV
m.
14Vs
tmlcar
onmfil
'
lere
from
Juneau,
the
capital
of
tlaska.
and
Is
on
her
way
south
She
will
moor
off
headquarters
of
lie
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volun-J
.
.eer
Reserve
and
visiting
nours
lor
Jie
public
will
be
announced
latei.k
A
full
program
of
entertainment
las
been
arranged
for
the
warship.
ind
her
personnel
and
the
navai,T
ten
are
expected
to
play
a
prom-
ent
part
in
the
forthcoming
Car-
:ival
Week
proceedings
here.
I
Officers
of
H.
M.
S.
Danae
are:
'
Commanding
officer-Captain
C.u
i
KnnT.utti,.
commander
h.
cianchy.
I
ueut
commander
a.
h.
Aiexan-'
Jer.
Lieut.
Commander
C
A.
Jenkins.
ueuwnans
ai.
u.
uoroetwiuRn.
1
Lieutenant
Q.
P.
Whltlojfd
!
tACUfcliailfc
W
.1
-
(HUM,
Lieutenant
A.
V.
Lyle.
Commander
E
A.
J.
W.
Wallac
Lieutenant
E
R.
G.
Parsons.
Lieutenant
A.
E.
Hargrave.
Lieutenant
J.
S.
Shiffner.
Captain
E.
I.
S.
Martini.
Roy
I
ia
rines.
Instructor
Lieut
Commander
v..
foung.
Paymaster
Commander
W.
R.
ucker.
Surgeon
Lieut
Commander
C.
B.
Fox.
Commissioned
Gunner
A.-
C.
Bod-
lie.
Gunner
C.
W.
Porter.
Gunner
H.
C.
Fox.
Gunner
W.
A.
Hann.
Warrant
Engineer
C.
H.
R
Davis.
Warrant
Shipwright
R.
F.
C
Porter.
Schoolmaster
H.
C.
Chambers.
Sub-Lieut.
G.
V.
Corbett.
Paymaster
Sub-Lieutenant
R.
N.
shby.
Midshipman
J.
F.
B.
Fearfidd.
Midshipman
G.
R.
A.
Don.
Midshipman
C.
P.
Mills
Midshipman
J.
E.
Manners.
Mldshfpman
G.
W.
Vavasour.
Paymaster
Midshipman
D.
E.
Jenkins.
FISH
MORE
valuable;
British
Columbia
Production
Last
Year
Increased
by
Two
Million
Dollars
i
VICTORIA,
Aug.
17:
-Value
of
British
Columbia
fishery
produc-Uon
for
the
year
1934
totalled
In
excess
of
$12,000,000.
a
report
of
the
Commissioner
of
Fisheries
reveals,
this
being
an'
Increase
of
$2,000,000
over
the
previous
year.
Heavy
Toll
Of
Life
in
Indian
,
nat
(
Udi
v,ciLiiu.ai
ariS17AI
PATNA.
India.
Aug
17:
(CP
One
hundred
and
seventy
men
and
women
were
drowned
yesterday
i
when
a
ferry
boat
overturned
In
'
'midstream
near
Darlhara.
'Wednesday
Next
is
Simpson
Day
at
the
Carnival
Whole
Village
Led
by
the
liaseball
Team
W
il
Ibe
Wednesday
next
is
to
be
Port
Simpson
Dav
at
the
Car-
nival
The
whole
population
of
Prince
Rupert
on
that
occasion,
brindncr
their
own
band
and
baseball
team.
At
a
last
eveine
Ambrose
Reid
was
iast
evening
Ambrose
Reid
was
present
as
a
delegate
from
1
a
rhen
it
waa
decided
thai,
as
Prince
I
-
SJ0
J
"
UCilU
General
Warning:
TOKYO,
'
Japan,
Aug.
11
17.
nPt
T,r
ioo
'
r'
.Japan-
ese
government
is
"con-
sidering
the
possibility
of
sendinc
a
eeneral
-31111'
to
Mnwmv
as
the
next
gtep
in
their
,.i,r
r.t:A
'tiohsbip,
a
Foreign
Of-
lice
spokesman
said
to-
dav.
AIRPLANES
GO
SOUTH
Squadron
of
American
Bombers
Passed
Here
Today
Navy
Machines
Next
Week
The
aerial
squadron
left
Juneau
shortly
after
noon
today
for
Seat
tie
and
at
2:15
p.m.
passed
over
here
on
their
way
to
Seattle.
JUNEAU,
Aug.
17-
(CP)
Ten
United
States
bombing
planes,
which
have
been
on
an
expedition
to
Fairbanks
and
elsewhere
in
Northern
Alaska,
arrived
here
late
yesterday
from
the
north
and
planned
to
hop
off
today
on
a
non-stop
flight
to
Seattle
enroute
back
to
Washington
whence
they
rame.
This
United
States
Army
squadron
is
not
to
be
confused
with
a
squadron
of
United
States
Navy
planes
from
San
Diego
which
is
due
to
visit
Prince
Rupert
next
week
following
an
expedition
to
the
Alaskan
Peninsula.
Ships
Collide
In
Trisco
Fog
Emma
'Alexander
Undamaged
in
Crash
With
Freijht
Steamer
Yesterday
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Aug.
17:
-The
Pacific
Coast
Steamship
Co.'s
liner
Emma
Alexander
was
in
collision
in
a
dense
fog
yesterday
in
San
Fran-)
clsco
Bay
with
a
.freight
steamer
i
Except
for
a
few
dented
plates,
the
Emma
Alexander,
'which
was
bound
froni
Los
Angeles
to
San
Francisco.
was
undamaged
Nor
dld
the
frelght
vessel
sustain
serious
injury.
',
E.
M.
Haynes
Post
Office
lnspec-
tor,
who
has
been
In
this
district
on
official
business
alls
tonlgh:
on
his
return
to
Victoria.
to
be
Port
Band
and
Accompanied
By
in
City
For
Occasion
the
village
is
expected
to
be
meeting
of
the
Fair
Board
nresent
as
a
delegate
from
uipert
had
so
well
patronized
heir
celebraUons,
they
would
re-
-im
the
compliment
and
would
all
me.
Most
of
the
residents
of
the
Naas
Uver
and
other
villages
of
the
eighborhood
are
also
expected
to
present.
Members
of
the
Green-
ille
Band
are
all
in
readiness
and
H1
play
In
the
city
every
day
of
be
carnival.
Much
Interest
is
being
taken
in
he
football
game
between
the
all-tar
Indian
team
and
a
representa-ive
team
from
H.
M.
S.
Danae.
rfany
are
reported
to
be
coming
all
he
way
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
'.slands
to
witness
this
match.
STILL
HOT
OVER
WEST
Swift
Current
Wannest
Point
With
96
Forest
Fires
Continue
To
Rage
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
17
Through-
'
ut
British
Columbia
and
the
west
the
weather
continues
fine
and
a-arm
with
no
Indication
of
a
break.
The
warmest
point
in
the
-west
yes
terday
was
Swift
Current
Sask
jrith
96
degrees
In
the
shade.
Nelson
recorded
95,
Kami
oops
92
and
Cal
gary,
90.
The
forest
fire
situation
In
the
Kootenay
Is
still
serious
while
a
huge
conflagration
covering
20,000
acres
continues
to-
rage
In
Central
Idaho
with
4,000
men
engaged
in
fighting
it
Reconciliation
Not
Suggested
Joseph
M.
Sihcnk
Had
No
Right
to
Speak
For
Him.
Declares
Douglas
Fairbanks
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
17:
On
land
ing
here
after
a
year's
absence
In
Europe.
Douglas
Fairbanks
sr.
told
newspapermen
that
Joseph
M.
Schenk.
moving
picture
producer.
who
had
accompanied
him.
had
no
right
to
suggest
that
there
might
be
a
reconclllaUon
between
himself
(Fairbanks)
and
his
wife,
Mary
Plckford,
from
whom
he
Is
estranged.
Fairbanks
proceeds
from
here
to
Hollywood
where
he
will
pay
a
brief
visit
before
proceeding
to
China
to
make
a
cavalcade.
President's
Mother
Back
From
Europe
Mrs.
Roosevelt
Back
In
New
York
After
Two
Months'
Trip
Across
the
Pond
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
17:
Mrs.
Roosevelt.-
mother
of
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
landed
here
yesterday
following
a
two
months'
trip
to
Europe.